Download or read book Measurement of the $B \to J/\psi X$ Inclusive Cross-section at the Collider Detector at Fermilab written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) is a multi-purpose detector designed to study proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 1.96 TeV/c2. One of the most importatn components of CDF is the silicon tracking detector. A detailed description of the testing and construction of the CDF silicon tracker is presented. Measurements of the tracking efficiency of the completed detector are also provided. Using 36 pb−1 of the J/[psi] data sample collected by CDF between February and October 2002, the inclusive B → J/[psi] X cross-section is measured in p{bar p} interactions at √s = 1.96 TeV/c2. The fraction of J/[psi] events arising from the decay of b hadrons is extracted using an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to the decay length of the J/[psi] candidates. The p{sub T} dependent differential cross section for inclusive B → J/[psi] X events with rapidity.